ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17309002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grandwood Park, Illinois

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±7.7 min MOE
Worked from home21.0%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±9.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute28.1 min → 25.6 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.9% → 21.0%▲ 8.1 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.3% → 0.0%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 73.3%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.3% ±9.4 pp
Carpool3.5% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home21.0% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 3,020 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,262± 599 MOE
Workers age 16+3,020± 509 MOE
Workers with travel time2,386± 489 MOE
Estimated home workers634± 226 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.